HONDROS NURSING EXAM 2026 FINAL PAPER
SOLVED ITEMS ACCURATE MARKING
◉ Discussion of hand hygiene. Answer: A patient is being discharged
and the nurse is teaching her how to do daily dressing changes at
home what is the most important point to include in the teaching
plan?
◉ Teach the patient how to properly use an incentive spirometer
and ask the patient to perform a return demonstration of controlled
coughing. Answer: To assist a patient in the prevention of
postoperative pulmonary complications what intervention will be
most helpful preoperatively?
◉ Every 15 minutes. Answer: A patient underwent surgery for lysis
of adhesions He is transferred from the pacu to his own room on the
surgical floor during the immediate postoperative period on the
surgical floor how often should the nurse measure blood pressure
pulse and respiration?
◉ Three to five minutes. Answer: The nurse is assessing the bowel
sounds of the patient who had a suprapubic prostatectomy two days
ago to confirm that no bowel sounds are present the nurse would
need to listen to each quadrant for how long?
,◉ 30 minutes before the procedure. Answer: A patient is recovering
from a right lobectomy the nurse is going to assist in splinting the
patients incision so she can cough and breathe deeply when should
an intramuscular analgesic be administered to achieve the most
therapeutic effect?
◉ What type of allergic reaction did you have?. Answer: A patient
reports being allergic to penicillin which question would elicit the
most useful information?
◉ An 80 year old patient scheduled for exploratory laparotomy.
Answer: Which patient is at greatest risk for surgical an anesthetic
complications?
◉ The patient. Answer: An alert 75 year old patient is to undergo
elective surgery who must sign the operative permit?
◉ Describe the availability of pain medication. Answer: What is the
best nursing intervention to help a patient cope with fear of pain
associated with surgery?
◉ It helps promote lung expansion and prevent pulmonary
complications. Answer: a patient tells the nurse that blowing into
this tube thing is a waste of time which statement by the nurse
explains the purpose of the incentive spirometer?
,◉ Remove the patient's makeup and nail polish and teach the
patient post-operative breathing and coughing exercises. Answer:
When preparing a patient for surgery which interventions are
appropriate during the preoperative period?
◉ The patient must be near the level of preoperative functioning
before dismissal. Answer: Which statement is accurate regarding a
patient who receives general or Regional anesthesia in an
Ambulatory Surgery Center?
◉ Abdominal distension. Answer: After abdominal surgery a patient
is suspected of having internal bleeding which finding is most
indicative of this complication?
◉ Fatty tissue has poor but Supply and the risk for dehiscence is
increased. Answer: An obese patient is at risk for poor wound
healing post-operatively for what reasons?
◉ These medications May create a greater risk for complications or
interact with anesthetic agents. Answer: A patient asks the nurse
why the nurse asked for name and dosage of all prescriptions and
over-the-counter medications taken before surgery which response
by the nurse is most accurate?
, ◉ Pneumonia. Answer: The nurse is correct when identifying a
patient who smokes 2 packs of cigarettes per day as being at most
risk for which postoperative complication?
◉ Cover the protruding internal organs with sterile gauze moistened
with normal saline. Answer: A post-operative abdominal surgery
patient complains that he felt something give way in his incision on
assessing the room the nurse notes a large amount of
Serosanguineous drainage and that wound edges are not
approximated intestines are protruding from the wound What
nursing action is appropriate?
◉ Adequacy of Airway and breathing. Answer: An admission of a
patient to the PCAU from surgery what should the nurse place the
highest priority on for assessing?
◉ Note the amount of drainage and continue to monitor. Answer:
The nurse is admitting a patient into the room on the surgical unit
after abdominal surgery there is a 1.5 centimeter diameter spot of
serosangous drainage on the dressing what should the nurse do at
this time?
◉ Gravity is used to drain fluid from the area around the world with
the Penrose drain. Answer: The patient has just returned from the
post-anesthesia care PAC unit during report the nurses told that the
patient has a Penrose drain in the left lower quadrant the patient ask
SOLVED ITEMS ACCURATE MARKING
◉ Discussion of hand hygiene. Answer: A patient is being discharged
and the nurse is teaching her how to do daily dressing changes at
home what is the most important point to include in the teaching
plan?
◉ Teach the patient how to properly use an incentive spirometer
and ask the patient to perform a return demonstration of controlled
coughing. Answer: To assist a patient in the prevention of
postoperative pulmonary complications what intervention will be
most helpful preoperatively?
◉ Every 15 minutes. Answer: A patient underwent surgery for lysis
of adhesions He is transferred from the pacu to his own room on the
surgical floor during the immediate postoperative period on the
surgical floor how often should the nurse measure blood pressure
pulse and respiration?
◉ Three to five minutes. Answer: The nurse is assessing the bowel
sounds of the patient who had a suprapubic prostatectomy two days
ago to confirm that no bowel sounds are present the nurse would
need to listen to each quadrant for how long?
,◉ 30 minutes before the procedure. Answer: A patient is recovering
from a right lobectomy the nurse is going to assist in splinting the
patients incision so she can cough and breathe deeply when should
an intramuscular analgesic be administered to achieve the most
therapeutic effect?
◉ What type of allergic reaction did you have?. Answer: A patient
reports being allergic to penicillin which question would elicit the
most useful information?
◉ An 80 year old patient scheduled for exploratory laparotomy.
Answer: Which patient is at greatest risk for surgical an anesthetic
complications?
◉ The patient. Answer: An alert 75 year old patient is to undergo
elective surgery who must sign the operative permit?
◉ Describe the availability of pain medication. Answer: What is the
best nursing intervention to help a patient cope with fear of pain
associated with surgery?
◉ It helps promote lung expansion and prevent pulmonary
complications. Answer: a patient tells the nurse that blowing into
this tube thing is a waste of time which statement by the nurse
explains the purpose of the incentive spirometer?
,◉ Remove the patient's makeup and nail polish and teach the
patient post-operative breathing and coughing exercises. Answer:
When preparing a patient for surgery which interventions are
appropriate during the preoperative period?
◉ The patient must be near the level of preoperative functioning
before dismissal. Answer: Which statement is accurate regarding a
patient who receives general or Regional anesthesia in an
Ambulatory Surgery Center?
◉ Abdominal distension. Answer: After abdominal surgery a patient
is suspected of having internal bleeding which finding is most
indicative of this complication?
◉ Fatty tissue has poor but Supply and the risk for dehiscence is
increased. Answer: An obese patient is at risk for poor wound
healing post-operatively for what reasons?
◉ These medications May create a greater risk for complications or
interact with anesthetic agents. Answer: A patient asks the nurse
why the nurse asked for name and dosage of all prescriptions and
over-the-counter medications taken before surgery which response
by the nurse is most accurate?
, ◉ Pneumonia. Answer: The nurse is correct when identifying a
patient who smokes 2 packs of cigarettes per day as being at most
risk for which postoperative complication?
◉ Cover the protruding internal organs with sterile gauze moistened
with normal saline. Answer: A post-operative abdominal surgery
patient complains that he felt something give way in his incision on
assessing the room the nurse notes a large amount of
Serosanguineous drainage and that wound edges are not
approximated intestines are protruding from the wound What
nursing action is appropriate?
◉ Adequacy of Airway and breathing. Answer: An admission of a
patient to the PCAU from surgery what should the nurse place the
highest priority on for assessing?
◉ Note the amount of drainage and continue to monitor. Answer:
The nurse is admitting a patient into the room on the surgical unit
after abdominal surgery there is a 1.5 centimeter diameter spot of
serosangous drainage on the dressing what should the nurse do at
this time?
◉ Gravity is used to drain fluid from the area around the world with
the Penrose drain. Answer: The patient has just returned from the
post-anesthesia care PAC unit during report the nurses told that the
patient has a Penrose drain in the left lower quadrant the patient ask
